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"For those of you who stopped following this series a while ago, "

Correction, "For those of you who never heard of the franchise before stumbling onto my blog and who have loved to NOT know about it" 😇

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𝑖𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒’𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑒, 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛? 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑚 𝑖𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎

Well there you go, you answered your own question.

I would also not rule out "for the money." Even with dismal sales, who knows how little they cost to make. Or, a la The Producers, the folks involved could be getting a bunch of evangelicals to invest/donate and then scraping off the top. A CEO that makes outrageous amounts of money while the business fails is not exactly unusual.

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